粘土动画因其制作工序不适合产业化的生产模式,通常不被主流商业动画所采用。即便如此,却有一家动画公司通过这种非主流的老式粘土动画令世人大开眼界,这就是英国的阿德曼公司。阿德曼公司以黏土动画活跃在世界动画舞台上,并取得了很高的成就和造诣。阿德曼公司是如何在这个充斥着电脑动画的主流动画世界选择了一种传统、老式的、非主流的动画制作形式,并能够一直延续至今做到令世界瞩目的顶级水平?这些动画的诞生有着什么样的人文和社会背景?这些问题为中国动画提供了许多启示,也是文章探讨的重点。 Clay animation is not usually adopted by mainstream commercial animation because its production process is not suitable for industrial production mode. Even so, an animation company opened the door to eye-opener with this non-mainstream, old-fashioned clay animation, which is the British company Ademman. Aman company clay animation active in the world animation stage, and achieved high achievement and attainments. How does Aartman choose a traditional, old-fashioned, non-mainstream animation form in the mainstream animation world full of computer animation and can continue to the top level that the world has attracted so far? The birth of these animations What kind of humanities and social background? These questions provide a lot of inspiration for Chinese animation, but also the focus of the article.